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- I am going to the San Diego Air and Space Museum. The Museum is a very tall, white and blue building in Balboa Park.
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- Inside the Museum I can find planes, jets and spacecraft from America and other countries. I can look at things in the Museum to learn how people lived in the past.
- We can park behind the Museum or in front.
- If we park behind the Museum, we will walk around the building and up a small hill to find the entrance.
- If we park in front of the Museum, we will see a plaza with umbrellas and tables. We will walk past the plaza, a gymnasium, and the Automotive Museum to find the entrance.
- When I walk inside the Museum I will see a desk on the right side of the entrance, a gift shop on the left, and I might hear and see an animatronic Charles Lindbergh.
- We will pay admission to enter the Museum. Sometimes there is a line at the Admissions Desk. I may need to wait for a few minutes.
- I can ask for a map so I can plan where I will go and what I will see. I can also ask to check out a sensory backpack with objects and activities inside to use while at the Museum.
- People who work at the Museum can assist us by answering questions. Some workers at the Museum are docents. Their job is to explain the history of items I find in the Museum!
- There are other employees who work at the Museum. These workers will all be wearing this badge.
- I can find a lot of planes and jets while I’m at the Museum. I should look up high to see some planes hanging from the ceiling.
- I will see some an animatronic Charles Lindbergh and Amelia Earhart as I go through the Museum. They are motion activated and will talk and move their arms.
- If I need to use the restroom, I can find the restrooms at the back of the Museum. I can find them using my map or ask someone for help.
- If I am hungry I can buy food or bring my own snacks to eat. There is food for sale in the gift shop, and in the restaurant on Saturday and Sunday.
- I can eat outside on the Observation Deck or in the Pavilion of Flight. If I eat outside on the Observation Deck I may hear and see planes flying over the Museum.
- Some areas of the Museum are loud and some are quiet. Places marked with an X might be crowded or loud, and places marked with a circle might be calmer. If I need a break I can go to a quiet place.
- There are some places I can go high up in the Museum to get a good look at the other exhibits. I can climb up the stairs at the PSA tower and at the control tower in WW2.
- If I go inside the control tower, I can flip the switch to turn off the noises.
- There are some places where I can interact with things at the Museum. I can climb inside planes like these.
- When I’m ready to leave the Museum, I will tell the adult I am with. I will walk out through the gift shop or through the pavilion and out the front door.